Ornamental figure toy



April 6, 1926. 1,579,613

I R. A. HOLMES ORNAMENTAL FIGURE Toy Filed June 10, 1925 Patented Apr. 6, '1926.

y fr UNITED STATES RAYMOND A. HOLMES, or' cAToNsvILLn' MARYLAND.

ORNAMENTAL Fianna TOY;

' miniemen inea June 10,1925.l (seria-,1.1m sans;

To a-ZZ whom t may concern:

Be it known that LRAYMOND A. HoLMEs, a citizen of the United States, residing l.at Catonsville, in the county ofBaltiinore and State of Maryland, have invented new and useful Improvements nOrnaniental Figure Toys, of which the following is a specilication. n,

rlhis invention relates to improvements in ornaments in form of birdsof any description or figures which are arranged upon radiator caps of automobiles and which'include leaf springs extending outwardly from their opposite sides and including wings thereon and when the said vehicle is in motion and upon encountering ruts and the velocity of the wind will cause the wings to move upwardly and downwardly and thus simulating a-bird in flight.

With the above and other objects yin view, the invention further includes the lfollowing novel features and details of construction, to be hereinafter more fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawing and pointed out in the appended claims.

In the drawing Figure 1 is afront elevation of my invention with radiator cap partly in sec-tion and showing the manner in which my invention may be applied thereto. V

Figure 2 is a top plan view of my invention per se. A A

Figure 3 is a side elevation of my invention applied to a radiatork cap of an automobile. Y

Referring to the drawing in detail, wherein like characters of reference denote corresponding parts, the reference vcharacter* 10 indicates an automobile radiator cap of the usual or conventional type and which forms no part ofthe present application for Letters Patent but is merely shown-for purposes of illustrating the manner in which my invention may be applied thereto. It is `quite obvious from the subsequent descrip- Vtion which will be hereinafter more fully apparent that. this invention may be applied to all forms and types of radiator caps.

The invention residing` in the provision of a ligure 11, which in this-instance is in the forni of a bird and which may be `con structed, moulded, or the like in the form oi any sort of-birdV or figure, as it is tobefunderstood that I do not limit myself to' any one form of figure. Extending downwardly from the lower portion of the bird or figure 11, is the lower threaded end portiony of a bolt or pin 12 which extends through an opening provided in the top of the radiator cap 10 and including a lock washer 13 and nut 14 upon its lower end in order that the said'igure or bird 11 will be held rigidly and normally in a. forwardly disposed position upon the cap 10. Y c In order to provide means for mounting a upper portion of this `radiator pair of wings 15 'upon the opposite sides oi' the figure or bird 11, I employ a relatively fiat resilient strip orleaf spring'lG which extendsv ltransversely through the bird or `ligure 11 and within sockets provided in the innersides,offthewings 15 and rigidly'held within-the figure or bird 11 and wings 15 through the instrumentality of outwardly and oppositely ertending enarged portions 17 formed upontheend and intermediate portion of the kleaf spring 16 and when so moulded as illustrated will be held against accidental displacement wit-hin the ligure 11 and wings 15. V

It wifl thus -be noted from the foregoing description and accompanying drawing ythat this invention, owing to the simplicity of construction and arrangement of part-s thereof, may'be-'manufactured ata very low cost andv will consequently appear upon all cars and owing to the relative arrangement of the resilient strip `or. leaf spring 16 connected to the wings 15t-hat the same will be caused to flap in the instance of a bird-in flight by the velocity of the wind or the depressions or ruts in a roadway as' will be encountered by the vehicle to which the figure or bird 11 is attached. v

The invention is susceptible of various changes in its form, proportionsand minor details of construction, and the right-is herein reserved to make such changes as properly fall within the scope ofthe appended claims.V

. Having thus described my invention what lI claim is 1. An ornament of the character described adapted to be placed upon a suitable 4portion offan automobile, a pin provided upon the lower portion `of the ornament and rigidly secured to a portion of the vehicle, a resilient `strip extending transversely through the upper portion of the ornament',` and a pair of wings connected to the Vouter free ends of the Yresi-lient stripV whereby the said wings will be moved upwardly and downwardly upon the Vehicle encountering the ruts in the roadsilient strip having outwardly and opposite way and the Velocity of the Wind and simuly extending enlarged portions formed up- 10 lating a bird in flight. on its ends and intermediate portion and 2. An ornament of the Character described adapted to be embedded Within the ornament 5 adapted to be placed upon an automobile and Wings, respectively. i radiator cap, means provided upon the orna- In testimony whereof alix my signature.

ment for removably securing the latter to the radiator cap, a pair of wings, and a re- RAYMOND A. HOLMES; 

